BOTM March 1 to 15, 2017 - The Pirate Lord (Captive/Captor)

[Priya]

Discussion thread for March 1 to 15, 2017 BOTM. Please remember to use the spoiler tags when necessary! (Please see 'some html is ok' for instructions)

Happy reading:)

The Pirate Lord


A Splendid Opportunity

A shipload of women - theirs for the taking! Pirate captain Gideon Horn couldn't be more delighted. His men are tired of wandering the high seas and want to settle down with wives on the uncharted island paradise they've discovered. And the women are bound to be grateful to be rescued from the life of drudgery awaiting them in New South Wales . . .

Lord, he's so clever!

A Splendid Passion

Married? To pirates? Sara Willis couldn't be more appalled. First she demands proper courting—at least a month. The darkly handsome pirate lord gives them two weeks. Then Sara insists the men vacate their huts for the women—Gideon demands her kisses in return. As the demands heat up, so do their passions—and soon Sara can't remember just why she's fighting the devilishly seductive captain so hard. . .

[Mariana]

This premise sounds hilarious. Starting tonight.

[jaxnsmom]

Sara is way too naïve, but since pirates are like catnip for me, I'm right there with her. And Gideon, well he's pretty clueless as to exactly what his plot entails. He clearly hadn't thought about the realities of taking a shipload of women and expecting everything to go smoothly - thank goodness he has Sara to point out the deficiencies in his plan. I'm enjoying theses conversations.

I love it when (view spoiler)[ Sara is telling the women the story Lysistrata, another plot to take control of the situation. Then of course she has to ruin it. This is one of my pet peeves to deal with, yeah, yeah, yeah - we know it only happens because it turns out he's her true love - but does the heroine always have to turn into mush as soon as the hero touches her?! Kissing him back is one thing, but I want more resistance, for there to be a little bit of time between attraction and getting her half undressed with his hand up her skirt. I want the hero to have to work for the heroine's submission to her body's reaction. Especially in this case, where Sara is trying to get the women to respect themselves. Ok, enough ranting. (hide spoiler)]

I'm almost halfway through, the ship is nearing the island paradise. I can't wait to see what happens now. I expect more fun conversations between Sara and Gideon.

[jaxnsmom]

This is a warning so you won't be expecting the witty banter that would have been so fun - this part of the summary never happened:

First she demands proper courting—at least a month. The darkly handsome pirate lord gives them two weeks. Then Sara insists the men vacate their huts for the women—Gideon demands her kisses in return.

I finished the book with mixed feelings, my catnip got a little wilted. I had fun reading the book, (view spoiler)[but Gideon turned into mush and he and Sara became too cutesy for me. I could hear the Disney music starting and knew the real fun of a good romance was over - the tension was gone and everything fell into place quickly. Even Sara's leaving became a good thing since she found Gideon's mother. The truth of his abduction was a nice twist. I did like how Gideon became a pirate one last time to go after Sara. (hide spoiler)]

[Mariana]

Martha wrote: "A little late reading this one, I put it off because I could not get past the horrible book cover...... Captain Jack Sparrow is all I could see and just wanted to laugh, worst cover ever. So far I ..."

Ha, ha! I agree about the cover.

I definitely enjoyed the book though. In fact, I'm about to start the second in the series.